Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1958

Brazil
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 6.08 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (316 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 3,048,945 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.08
Births
3,048,945
Births per 1,000 people
44.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
68,092,141
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.90.2%11,057
15-1992.17.6%301,292
20-24273.222.4%802,942
25-29316.225.9%861,403
30-34256.321.0%597,604
35-39182.014.9%334,044
40-4480.36.6%120,864
45-4915.01.2%19,018
50-540.70.1%723